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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good
African American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse performance reviews and lower wages.
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Hannah Lantos What Makes D.C.’s Universal Leave Plan So Special?
That it’s actually universal
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters Can Americans Keep Up With Buying the New, New Technology?
The rich place a great premium on owning fancy, cutting-edge technologies, while poorer residents say that’s less important.
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Darren McCollester AFP/Getty Whaddya Say?
The latest Heartland Monitor Poll finds that whites and minorities both use social media, but they chat about different things.
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Anadolu Agency AFP/Getty Phooey on … Everything
The latest Heartland Monitor Poll finds the public disheartened by the president, the economy, the future.
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DoublePHOTO studio/shutterstock We Need Smartphones! (And All the Latest Stuff)
Has digital technology become a necessity for Americans today? Totally.
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Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters How Race Influences Social-Media Sharing
Just about everyone is participating in online discussions. But a new poll shows that what people talk about can vary greatly.
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Fabian Bimmer / Reuters Housing Boom, Schooling Bust
Why does a strong real-estate market push people to forgo getting an education?
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Alexander F. Yuan / AP The Flawed Immigration Program Congress Hasn't Changed
Advocates had hoped controversial sections of the EB-5 program would be reformed before it was extended last month.
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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Explaining Chinese Restaurants, Korean Dry Cleaning, and Indian Motels
A combination of social networks, skills, and circumstance can lead to ethnic groups clustering around a single industry.
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alexskopje/shutterstock Loving High-Tech--and Privacy, Too
The Heartland Monitor Poll finds Americans ambivalent about how much their lives rely on the digital world.
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Philippe Wojazer / Reuters Americans Love Technology—but They Want Their Privacy Back
A new poll shows that people have mixed feelings about the growing reliance on digital data in daily life.
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bikeridelondon/shutterstock Community in the Digital Age
The Heartland Monitor Poll finds that Americans love the high-tech revolution, especially the young, the childless, African-Americans—and Democrats. But they’re also mindful of the dangers.
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Courtesy of Broad Green Pictures The Moral Ambiguity of Foreclosure
99 Homes tells the story of millions of Americans.
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J Pat Carter / AP The Problem of Too Much Talent
It’s true of basketball players, businesspeople, and even baboons: When too many powerful personalities are present, discord ensues.
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Molly Riley / Reuters The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding
Research shows that in Pennsylvania’s public schools skin color, not economics, determines how much money districts get.
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William Creswell / Flickr How Tasteless Suburbs Become Beloved Urban Neighborhoods
The same bungalows that some now see as charming appeared tacky to the people who watched them get built up.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters The Dog-Walking Economy
What I learned from a decade in the profession
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Gillian White Can Private Dollars Fix Public Schools?
A partnership between Microsoft and Philadelphia’s school district was meant to help spur change in the ailing education system. So far results have been mixed.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters A Small Boost in Family Income Makes a Big Difference for Kids
A new study finds more cash can significantly improve long-term outcomes for poor children. Especially those with emotional or behavioral problems.
